Fauchard (Fork) Gisarme

The Gisarme: First mentioned in texts of the 12th century and continuing in use up to the 17th century. Often identified with the bill, it seems to have had a totally different origin and to be an offspring of the axe, not the billhook, and may be identified with the crescent shaped double-socketed axe.

In the English poem 'Sir Gawaine and the Green Knight', written between 1360 and 1400, it is referred to as a 'giserne', this name is applied to the Green Knight's weapon, which is also called a sparth and an axe.

Head: 23 3/4", Pole: 72";

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